CBAP Certified Business Analysis Professional

Course details

In this course, you learn the essential Certified Business Analysis Professional terminology, tools and techniques required to pass the CBAP ® exam.You will receive a CD of material including the CBAP ® Guide and exam bank questions. You also receive the Campus Education CBAP ® attendance Certificate .

The Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) designation is a professional certification for individuals with extensive business analysis experience. With at least 7500 hours of hands-on BA experience, CBAP® recipients are the elite, senior members of the BA community.

With over 1000 individuals in more than 30 countries achieving the CBAP® designation since the first Certified Business Analysis exam was held in November 2006, CBAP® recipients are experts in identifying the business needs of an organization in order to determine the best solutions.

More and more companies are recognizing the CBAP® designation and the value and expertise these professionals bring to their organizations.

Target Audience

Any Person who performs business analysis activities , No matter what their Job tile or organizational role may be.

Business Analysis Practitioners also includes business systems , Systems analysts , Requirements Engineers , Process Analysts . Product Managers , Product Owners , Enterprise Analysts , Business Architects , Management Consultants and those who also perform related disciplines such as Project Management , Software Development , Quality Assurance and Interaction Design.

Program Objectives

• The primary objective of this program is to prepare participants to confidently take and pass the CBAP® exam.
• The program delivery is highly interactive and is heavily based on experience sharing, discussions and exercises.
• The program facilitates preparation for the CBAP® certification exam through a series of exercises, quizzes and exam-style questions.

Outlines

Introduction to Business Analysis:

• What is the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge?
• What is Business Analysis?
• Key Concepts
• Knowledge Areas
• Tasks
• Techniques
• Underlying Competencies
• Other Sources of Business Analysis Information

Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring:

• Plan Business Analysis Approach
• Conduct Stakeholder Analysis
• Plan Business Analysis Activities
• Plan Business Analysis Communication
• Plan Requirements Management Process
• Manage Business Analysis Performance

Elicitation:

• Prepare for Elicitation
• Conduct Elicitation Activity
• Document Elicitation Results
• Confirm Elicitation Results

Requirements Management & Communication:

• Manage Solution Scope & Requirements
• Manage Requirements Traceability
• Maintain Requirements for Re-use
• Prepare Requirements Package
• Communicate Requirements

Enterprise Analysis:

• Define Business Need
• Assess Capability Gaps
• Determine Solution Approach
• Define Solution Scope
• Define Business Case

Requirements Analysis:

• Prioritize Requirements
• Organize Requirements
• Specify and Model Requirements
• Define Assumptions and Constraints
• Verify Requirements
• Validate Requirements

Solution Assessment & Validation:

• Assess Proposed Solution
• Allocate Requirements
• Assess Organizational Readiness
• Define Transition Requirements
• Validate Solution
• Evaluate Solution Performance

Underlying Competencies:

• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Behavioral Characteristics
• Business Knowledge
• Communication Skills
• Interaction Skills
• Software Applications

Techniques:

• Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition
• Benchmarking
• Brainstorming
• Business Rules Analysis
• Data Dictionary and Glossary
• Data Flow Diagrams
• Data Modeling
• Decision Analysis
• Document Analysis
• Estimation
• Focus Groups
• Functional Decomposition
• Interface Analysis
• Interviews
• Lessons Learned Process
• Metrics and Key Performance Indicators
• Non-functional Requirements Analysis
• Observation
• Organization Modeling
• Problem Tracking
• Process Modeling
• Prototyping
• Requirements Workshops
• Risk Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Scenarios and Use Cases
• Scope Modeling
• Sequence Diagrams
• State Diagrams
• Structured Walk through
• Survey/Questionnaire
• SWOT Analysis
• User Stories
• Vendor Assessment